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Sep 16, 2002; 12:53PM - Cabo Fishing Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 9-15, 2002
WEATHER: Have you been here in September before?
Then you probably know that we are
having temperatures in the 80-100 degree range with
the humidity up in the 70% area. A bit on
the muggy side most of the time and we have been
having some overcast sky, mostly in the
mountains with a chance of rain every now and then!
Wednesday we actually had some rain and
that was nice. Not a lot of wind this week except
for the first few days, and then it was pretty
light out of the northwest. (Borrasca)
WATER: The Pacific side has been great with
large swells early in the week from the passing
of Tropical Depression 11W but not much chop to go
with it. Later in the week the swells died
down to 2-4 feet. The water on the outside of the
Golden Gate Bank was reported to be a bit
green but elsewhere it was nice and blue. The
Cortez has been blue as well and surface conditions
have been great, very calm. From the 22*40ďż˝ line
on north on the Sea of Cortez the water has
been between 84 and 88 degrees, south of the line
the water has been 83-81 degrees. This
warmer water has extended in a finger to the west
into the Pacific out to just past the San Jaime
Banks. (Bajo La Luna Mix)
BAIT: Early in the week there were plenty of
Caballito available but this weekend there
appeared to be a shortage for boats leaving after
7am. Few Mullet were available and I heard of
no Sardinas for sale. Boats getting bait were
paying the usual $2 per bait. (Dancing Under The
Moon)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The billfish bite has slowed down a lot,
with fewer Striped Marlin being found, on
average, and the Blue Marlin bite has remained
about the same. Not to say there are not Marlin
being caught, because there are, but not in the
numbers of the last few weeks. There have been
some Sailfish being caught as well, mostly found
mixed in with the Dorado. The Striped Marlin
are being found in a straight line, east to west,
12-15 miles south of the cape. The Blue Marlin
have been slightly inside the line, on the warm
side. Right place, right time with a live bait for
the
Striped Marlin and almost all of the Blue Marlin
have been on lures with the favorite colors this
week being the usual blue/black/purple, Mean Joe
Green, Dorado and Petrolero. (La Rosa
Negro)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Without a doubt the Yellowfin have
been the highpoint of the week. The
fish have been found from 16 to 40 miles out, all
on the cooler side of the temperature break, and
all the fish caught have been mixed in with the
Porpoise. The first few boats to the schools have
been able to get fish and some of them have been
big ones! I have seen fish this week running
from 15 pounds to 200 pounds and some boats have
gotten more than one of these larger fish.
Marlin lures and live baits have been the ticket
although slow trolling spreader bars has brought
up some fish after they have been hit hard by
everyone else. Not every boat has been getting the
larger fish but most of them have been able to get
at least on pass on the school where they have
picked up a few of the smaller footballs.
(Bullfighter�s Dream)
DORADO: The number of Dorado caught this week has
dropped off a bit and the average size
has gotten a bit smaller on the schooling fish, but
the singles that have been caught have all been
nice ones, most of them from #35 on up. Inside the
temperature break and all the way up to the
shoreline is where most of them were found this
week and as usual the larger fish were caught on
Marlin lures and the smaller fish on Tuna lures or
cut bait dropped back behind a hooked fish.
(Driving 2 Madrid/B4 The Storm)
WAHOO: �What Hoo?� I saw no Wahoo this week,
and only a few flags that may have been
either Wahoo or Shark, it was hard to tell! (The
Storm Sings)
INSHORE: Inshore the fishing has been fair for
Roosterfish and Jack Crevalle to 30 pounds and
going just a bit outside has given anglers good
fishing for Bonito and Skipjack, with some of these
fish in the 15-20 pound range, nice fighting size!
In that same range and going further out there
have been fair shots at Dorado, both trolling and
drifting with live bait. (1st Rain/Cry Of Faith)
NOTES: If you are coming down to fish be prepared
to purchase a fishing license either before
you arrive or as soon as you get here. It�s
better to get one before you arrive if you can
because
the license office here has posted hours but they
are rarely followed. Often you must wait for the
guy to show up, the paperwork takes a long time
then you have to go to the bank to pay for the
license, go back to the office with copies of the
stamped payment slip to get the license. This
process can take up to two hours to get through if
the office is open when you arrive. For the
past year most anglers have not been able to get
licenses because of this, and the office will not
sell boat owners stacks of blank licenses to sell
on the boats. If you arrive at the airport in the
afternoon and plan to fish the next day, forget it,
it can�t get done. As boat owners we used to be
able to go in the day before and purchase licenses
with the anglers names and hometowns on
them, but the office has decided that you must be
there in person with I.D. to get a fishing license.
Oh, and by the way, you can�t get them in the
morning because the seller says it is too much work
for him to get up early in the morning. The reason
I am going on about this is because this week
the Army guys with automatic weapons have been
boarding boats coming into the marina after a
days charter and checking for licenses. No
license, the fish get confiscated and sometimes the
fishing gear as well. We are trying to get
something worked out, figure out some way for this
to
work, but it has been difficult. That is why I
recommend that you purchase your fishing license
before you arrive. Next week I�ll get into the
fish filleting situation! This weeks report
written to
the soothing sounds of Ottmar Liebert Luna Negra
on their 1991 Higher Octave release
�Borrasca�!
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Sep 9, 2002; 11:31AM - HOT Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2-8, 2002
WEATHER: We finally got some rain this week! It was a little spit on Tuesday morning, just
enough to get the windshields wet but early Sunday morning we got enough rain to wash off all
the plants, cars and boats. Didn’t need to water the plants in the yard. Thankfully it came with no
wind as well because there had been the possibility of Tropical Depression #11 coming over us.
Nice weather all week, slightly overcast most days with the high temps in the mid 90’s and the
lows around 80, humidity a bit high, mostly in the mid 70% range. (When I’m With U/Everything
I ever Needed)
WATER: Good conditions on all sides all week long. It did get a bit bumpy to the south in the
afternoons but nothing outrageous. The water was nice and blue and the highest temperature I
found was 86 degrees at Gorda Banks. Most of the fishing grounds showed in the low 80’s and it
was not until you were more than 50 miles out that the temperature dropped to the 70’s. The
Pacific side was a few degrees cooler than the Sea of Cortez all week long but conditions were
the same. (Reaching Out 2 U(Todos Bajo La Misma Luna))
BAIT: Most of the larger baits were Caballito with a smattering of Mackerel tossed into the mix
and there were Mullet available if you made arrangements in advance. The normal price of $2 per
bait (amazed that this hasn’t changed in three years). I did ask around this week about Sardinas
(iron-side herring) but was told that there were none available at this time. (Merengue De
Alegrias (Candy 4 My Soul))
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The swells from the passing of Hurricane Hernan seemed to put the Marlin off their
feed at the beginning of the week but as we got closer to the weekend the bite picked up quite a
bit. A big change is in the number of Blue Marlin we are starting to see. It seems that everything
is showing up a little bit late this year and the boys in the blue suits are no exception. The bite
was scattered, with Marlin showing up in all area but the concentration of Blues seemed to be at
the edges of the banks and canyons. Make sense though, as that is where the bait is concentrated
as well. These Blues have been ranging in size from 200 to 800 pounds with most of them in the
smaller end. I know of two this week in the 800 pound class, so there are big fish out there now!
Plenty of Striped Marlin in the patterns also, with many boats catching and releasing two or three
per trip. Striped bite was an even mix on lures and baits and the Blues were almost all on lures.
A few Sailfish are showing as well and they are in the same areas as the Dorado. (Deep In Your
Heart)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I have seen some very nice Yellowfin hung this week and every one of
them has been caught among the Dolphin. Quite a few fish in the 80-200 pound range are
slamming lures and most of them are being caught by the first few boats to the pods and as
normal, the larger fish are being hooked outside the edge of the pods. A few are being caught by
the boats doing the “run-and-gun”, dropping baits deep ahead of the moving school and this has
worked (and been used) by late-comers to the school. There are quite a few football fish being
found as well but it seems to be pretty consistent that it there are big fish in the pods the smaller
fish are absent. No hookups on the first few passes may mean there are some bruisers under
there! Scattered on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez from 10 to 40 miles out, Striped
Marlin lures, spreader bars and daisy chains in pearl, green and orange have done well fooling the
Tuna. (Danza Viva (My Heart Grows Wings))
DORADO: The best action on the Dorado for the numbers of fish has been within 5 miles of the
beach on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. For the larger fish, further offshore is the name
of the game, but you are going to loose in the numbers game there. Inshore the average size has
been 15 pounds with most boats able to get between three and a dozen fish per trip. Offshore we
are looking at an average in the 35 pound range but only one for every other boat. This may be
because of the concentration on Tuna this week or it may just be the way things actually are. The
larger fish have been fooled by Marlin lures and slow trolled live baits while the smaller fish have
been pounding on smaller feathers. (Promise (Beyond The Mountains))
WAHOO: A few nice Wahoo were caught this week but as usual they were scattered and caught
by boats looking for something else. I was told by a friend who brought his boat down from
California that they ran into a great bite at Uncle Sam Banks on the way down, but we have had
no concentration close to Cabo. (Samba Pa Ti (Thru Every Step In Life U Find Freedom From
Within))
INSHORE: The normal inshore fish have been scattered this week with only a few nice
Roosterfish, Jack Crevalle and Amberjack hitting the decks. One of the reasons was the big storm
swells mixing up the water close to the beach. Most of the Pangas have been working a little
further out and focusing on Dorado, Skipjack, Bonita and football Yellowfin. Toss in an
occasional Striped Marlin in the mix and the fishing has been pretty darn productive. Most of the
fishing has taken place within 10 miles of Cabo as it has been difficult to put a Panga in through
the surf elsewhere. (Lilac Sun)
NOTES: Great weather, great fishing, what more can you ask for? Oh yeah, this report has been
written as I sit here at the keyboard listening to some great music! The sun is just coming up, the
birds are singing, the rain has stopped and everything smells damp, the boat is out fishing with
great, happy people and I could not get into the rock and roll mood this morning. Relax, kick
back and listen to the nuevo flamenco style of Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra on their 1992
release “Solo Para Ti”, Sony records. There are two instrumental duets with Carlos Santana on
this CD, “Reaching Out 2 U” and “Samba Pa Ti”. Put it on, close your eyes and pretend you’re
in Cabo! Until next week, tight lines! And HEY, if you have any questions about the fishing (or
music), feel free to e-mail, I answer back fast!
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Sep 2, 2002; 10:31AM - HOT Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 26-SEPT. 1,
2002
WEATHER: Most of the week we had clear and sunny
skies with the highs up to the 100
degree mark and the lows in the low 80�s at night.
Very typical Cabo weather for this time of
year. We did have a bit of a sprinkle early in the
morning on Wednesday as some low clouds
moved through, but only enough to spot up the
windshields. On Saturday afternoon you could
see the cloud cover start to move in and on Sunday
it was overcast with hints of rain. This is
associated with Hurricane Hernan, which is to the
southwest of us and moving northwest. The
swells and breeze from this band of weather had the
Port Captain close the port at noon on
Sunday but it expected to be re-opened either
Monday or Tuesday. ( Mystical Adventures Part I)
WATER: As the week comes to an end we have a band
of warm water reading up to 89 degrees
stretching across the Cape. This band extends into
the Pacific out to the San Jaime banks and is
about 10-15 miles wide, starting from the shore.
Outside this band the water drops to 83 degrees.
The surface conditions on both the Sea of Cortez
side and the Pacific side have been very good,
with small swells and light chop all week.
Starting Saturday we began to see some larger
swells
moving in, results of Hurricane Hernan, away to the
southwest of us. Mystical Adventures Part
III)
BAIT: Most of the larger baits available this week
were Caballito, though I heard some of the
boats were able to get fresh Mackerel. No word on
Sardinas again. The larger baits are the usual
$2 per bait. (Mystical Adventures Part V)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Lots of Striped Marlin out there! This
week started out with a bang and just
continued to roll, at least for the boats with
clients. Many of the boats were getting multiple
hook-ups on the Striped Marlin and often had three
on at a time! Many anglers said not to toss
bait to the ones they were seeing because it was
taking up all their fishing time! Ouch! The
largest concentration of the Striped Marlin were on
the Pacific, just off shore about five miles and
out at the San Jaime Banks, but there were enough
of them scattered around that all the boats
were getting shots. A few Blue Marlin are showing
up in the catches also, but not in the numbers
I thought there would be at this time of year. On
Sunday there were a lot of bites from Blues
reported, but that often happens this time of year
as a Hurricane comes close. The bite was an
even mix of live bait and lures for the Striped
Marlin with no particular preference in color on
the
lures. (Rhythms Of Hope)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: The Tuna bite dropped off a bit
from the action last week but there were
still quite a few of the football fish being found
on the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape. Most of
these fish were associated with Porpoise and were
hitting on small 4ďż˝ feathers. A few toads were
caught by boats lucky enough to be in the right
place at the right time. (As)
DORADO: Plenty of yellow flags were being flown
from outriggers this week, sometimes it
looked like there was a laundry competition going
on! A few of the fish were small, in the 8-10
pound range, but most of them were a bit bigger, in
the 15-25 category. There were a few of the
giants caught as well and the larger fish were
mainly hooked up on Marlin lures. 4ďż˝ to 6ďż˝
feathers
and surface runners accounted for the majority of
the fish but many of them were caught on live
bait when a school was found. The action was
spread out but seemed to be better on the Pacific
side. (Final Truth Part I)
WAHOO: This week is like last week on Wahoo. A
few flags were flown but these fish were
found while searching for other species. (Final
Truth Part II)
INSHORE: Repeat of last weeks fishing as far as
the inshore bite goes, lots of Dorado, a few
Marlin, some Roosterfish and Skipjack along with a
medium bite on Snapper and Grouper. (Jig)
NOTES: The fishing just continues to get better
and better! Our only problem has been the lack
of fishermen. Seems that it happens every year, as
the fishing improves the weather gets warmer
and muggier and fewer anglers visit. Oh well, the
fish are here. If you can get away, now is the
time to come on down. Hurricane Hernan will give
us some large swells and overcast skies, but
that is just for a few days, then back to the
sunshine! This weeks music written to the great
sound
of Jean-Luc Ponty�s violin on the 1982 release
�Mystical Adventures�, Atlantic Recording Corp.
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Aug 26, 2002; 11:09AM - HOT Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 19-25, 2002
WEATHER: We had an interesting week weather wise here as the evening temperature dropped
into the high 60’s and low 70’s in the middle of the week. Nice and cool, great for sitting around
on the patio and relaxing! The daytime highs stayed in the mid 90’s and we had very little cloud
cover and no rain. Hurricane Fausto passed 900 miles to the south of us and had no effect on the
weather here. Night time temperatures returned to the low 80’s at the end of the week.(Shoot
Out The Lights)
WATER: Our water on the Pacific side of the Cape has remained in the 76-82 degree range and
the Cortez side has remained in the 82-89 range. The dividing line was the Cape with the Pacific
water staying cool in a line to the west and north of the Cape. Hurricane Fausto brought large,
long storm swells to our area and there was a bit of windy weather early in the week that had died
away by Friday. This resulted in pretty rough conditions late in the day from Wednesday through
the rest of the wek on the Pacific side. (Two Left Feet)
BAIT: Caballito and Mullet were easy to get at the normal $2 per bait but this week I saw no
Mackerel in the bait wells. Again, no word on the Sardinas. (I Ain’t Going To Drag My Feet
No More)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It must be the full moon affecting the bite because suddenly the Marlin developed
closed mouths. When you toss baits to a dozen of them and not one shows an interest there has
to be something going on. There were still Striped Marlin being caught this week, just not in the
numbers we were seeing the past two weeks until this weekend, when the bite picked up again on
the Pacific side. Blue Marlin were still around and biting this week, but again, not in the numbers
of the past two weeks. The Marlin that were caught were almost all on bait and were found on
both sides of the Cape, with concentrations at the 95 spot, 1150 spot and at the Pacific banks.
(Tear Stained Letter)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were some nice sized Tuna reported this week early on from the
outside of the Gordo Banks. These fish were in the 80-150 pound class and were found with
Dolphin. The bite was good for one day then the fish and Dolphin moved on. On Wednesday
there was a good bite on school fish (35-45 pound) associated with Dolphin in front of the Grey
Rock area. In other areas there were football Tuna found on occasion but not in any thick
schools or great numbers. (From Galway to Graceland)
DORADO: Dorado seemed to be the fish of the week and even with them the bite dropped off a
bit. Most boats were getting between two and six Dorado per trip with the sizes ranging between
15 and 25 pounds with an occasional larger fish, to 70 pounds, tossed into the mix. Best action
was with live bait and many of the boats drifted or slow trolled live bait in areas where they had
either raised or caught a fish on the troll. Sometimes boring, it did produce fish for some of the
boats. (Borrowed Time)
WAHOO: Other than Wahoo found under a dead whale 38 miles out, there were very few taken
this week. Those that were found were caught in the blind while looking for other fish. (Back
Street Slide)
INSHORE: The focus for most of the Pangas this week was Dorado, and most of the boats did
well using live bait slow trolled just off the coast. The best action was on the Pacific side but the
Roosterfish bit well on the Sea of Cortez side off of the Westin and up around La Laguna past
San Jose. The Snapper and Grouper bite was sporadic, perhaps due to the full moon. (Walking
on a Wire)
NOTES: The action we were having the past two weeks dropped off a bit early in the week but I
think it has a lot to do with the giant full moon on Wednesday night. At 6:45 on Thursday
morning it was about 10 degrees above the horizon and looked like a giant tangerine! The bite
picked up again by mid-week so things are looking better. We have last quarter moon on the 31st
and new moon on Sept. 7th so those are dates to look forward to, the time between and just after
them should be great. I’ll let you know either way, and until then, Tight Lines! This weeks
report written to the music of Richard Thompson on the three CD set “The History of Richard
Thompson”, 1993, RYKODISC. If you like Van Morrison or Neil Young and haven’t listened to
anything by Richard Thompson, you owe it to yourself to check him out.
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Aug 19, 2002; 08:25AM - Weekly Cabo Fish Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 12-18, 2002
WEATHER: We had a great week here with typical August temperatures in the 90’s daytime
and into the high 70’s at night. A bit humid early in the week and then around mid-week we
started to get northwesterly breezes in the afternoon that cooled everything off. As of this
weekend the breezes started to steady all day so everything has remained cool. We only needed
the air-conditioner on two nights this week! (I Don’t Know You)
WATER: Early in the week the water was perfect as far as surface conditions go and then
during the weekend the Pacific side became a bit choppy, by Sunday if you were out farther than
4 miles it was tough going. The fishing was good, just a bit rough. The Sea of Cortez water
remained calm all week. Pacific side temperatures have been in the mid 80’s to high 70’s and the
Sea of Cortez has remained in the mid to high 80’s. (Glendale Train)
BAIT: A mix of Caballito, Mackerel and Mullet at $2 per fish, the normal price, could be had
this week depending on which Panga you purchased from. Everybody had Caballito, you had to
search for the Mackerel. (Hello Mary Lou)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: This week was a repeat of last weeks report on the Billfish. Lots of Striped Marlin
spotted on the surface and a lot of them were hungry. It was not uncommon to see boats flying
two, three or four Marlin flags. Most of the Striped Marlin were on the Pacific side or straight
south of the Cape. Most of the Blues that were caught were found on the Sea of Cortez side and
to the south, though a few large fish were found up around the Golden Gate Banks. Sailfish are
still out there and the best action was around the Gorda Banks area. Striped Marlin were fooled
with a mix of both live bait and lures, often when a live bait was tossed at a tailing fish the bait
was ignored and the fish struck a falling lure instead. Almost all the Blue Marlin as well as the
Sailfish were taken on lures with the favorite colors for the Blues being black/purple and
blue/silver. (Louisiana Lady)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were a few large fish brought in this week but most of the Tuna
caught were football fish in the 10-15 pound range. The larger fish were Dolphin associated and
there were several toads caught that were loners, not associated with either structure or Dolphin.
Live baits dropped in front of the path of feeding Dolphin brought in several large fish in the
100-150 class and the first boat to a pod usually got at least one Grande hooked up, if there were
any there. Marlin lures were the pick of the bigger fish, and in the same colors the Blues were
checking out. Most of the fish, both large and small, came from either south of the cape or
around the San Jaime Banks, with a few scattered schools reported from the outer Gorda area.
(Kick In The Head)
DORADO: Plenty of these tasty fish were caught this week and the key seemed to be finding
anything floating on the water. It could be just a little stick, it probably had a Dorado around it
somewhere. A lot of the fish were in the 25-35 pound class and for them, live bait ruled. Slow
trolling or drifting a live bait past floating objects, or just working current lines the same way
produced a lot of fish. Blind trolling also produced, but not in the same numbers, or the same
sizes. True, some of the beast Dorado came on the troll, big 50 pound Bulls, but most of the
larger fish were live bait, floating object fish. There was no specific area but blind trolling seemed
to be a bit better on the Pacific side out to about 13 miles, floating debris was found from there to
the San Jaime and in the current lines south of the Cape. (Panama Red)
WAHOO: Just a few fish were caught, and again, as last week, these were incidental fish. More
lures were lost to Wahoo than there were Wahoo caught. (Last Lonely Eagle)
INSHORE: The emphasis by the Panga captains seems to be on the nearshore Dorado and
Marlin. With the warm water close and the conditions good, they had no problem hooking their
clients up to Dorado and many of them were lucky and caught Marlin as well. The traditional
inshore species were caught by those targeting them and catches of Amberjack, Jack Crevalle and
Roosterfish were good. A scattering of Grouper and Snapper rounded out the bill. I Don’t Need
No Doctor)
NOTES: This weeks report was written to the music of “New Riders Of The Purple Sage” on
their 1976 CBS release, “Best Of”. Brings back a lot of memories! The fishing is great, get
yourself out of the office and treat yourself to a fishing trip, after all, you deserve it, don’t you?
Why do you work so hard if it’s not to treat yourself now and then? Hahaha!!! I am not going to
be fishing the first part of the coming week, the boat is getting hauled for a bit of fiberglass work
and bottom paint but I will still be talking to the captains, crew and anglers so I have the straight
skinny for next weeks report. Until then, Tight Lines!
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Aug 12, 2002; 10:39AM - Weekly Cabo Fish Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Captain George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR AUGUST 5-11, 2002
WEATHER: Typical for Cabo this time of year, we are having daytime temperatures that range
from the low 90’s to right at 100 degrees. This week we actually had a sprinkle of rain in town
on Wednesday but the water has been coming down a bit stronger to the north of us. The skies
have ranged from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy to cloudy to clear, sometimes all in one day.
The wind was mostly from the northeast but this weekend we received easterlies. (Choker)
WATER: Well, earlier in the year we wanted warmer water and mow we are getting it. On the
Sea of Cortez side the water is mostly in the high 80’s to low 90’s and on the Pacific we are
watching the water warm to the mid 80’s. Surface conditions were great everywhere in the
mornings but on the Pacific side they chopped up in the afternoons later in the week. With the
easterly wind on Saturday the Pacific side was like a lake. (I Wish You Would)
BAIT: Caballito and Mullet were easy to get at the normal $2 per bait. I have not gotten any
Mackerel in a while and have no word on Sardinas. (Snake Drive)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: You want Striped Marlin, we got Striped Marlin! Every boat (well, maybe 90%)
coming in has been flying at least one Marlin flag and it was common to se boats with as many as
5 flags flying. Singles and small groups of fish were everywhere and multiple hookups were not
uncommon. For some reason there were not as many Blues caught this week as last week, maybe
it has something to do with the moon. Sailfish flags were flying from many boats with a lot of
these fish coming from the Gordo Banks area. Most of the Striped Marlin were found on the
Pacific where the water was a bit cooler. Live bait was the ticket for multiple hook-ups since the
Striped Marlin were being found in groups but quite a few were hooked up on smaller feathers
pulled for Dorado and Tuna. (For Your Love)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Plenty of Tuna were caught this week but the fish moved a bit up the
Pacific, and there were not as many of the big boys caught. Later in the week they were found 20
miles up the coast and early in the week they were on the south side of the San Jaime Banks.
Most of the fish found were either footballs in the 10-20 pound range or school fish in the 30
pound class. Most of the fish were associated with Dolphin and small feathers were the ticket,
most anything in green/gold or blue/black. (Draggin’ My Tail)
DORADO: Oh yeah, we got Dorado also! Every boat that has had any interest in getting fish to
eat has been able to hook-up to a Dorado this week, and many of the boats have been greedy little
ants, picking up WAY more than the legal limit. (sigh) A lot of these fish are very nice 30-50
pound ones and I have seen a few that are larger. Bright colored feathers, less than 6 inches long
have been working very well. The fish have been scattered out with small schools found almost
everywhere at one time or another. (A Certain Girl)
WAHOO: A few flags were flown but I did not have a chance to talk to the captains or the
anglers so cannot say for sure where the fish were found. Listening to the radio it sounds like
these were incidental fish, and there were not many of them. (Freight Loader)
INSHORE: With the nice water and lots of Dorado and Marlin around, most of the Pangas have
been working from the shore to 5 miles out and picking up the occasional Marlin and quite a few
Dorado. There were also some very nice Roosterfish caught as well as a fair bite on bottom fish
such as Snapper and Grouper, with an Amberjack tossed in now and then. (Got To Hurry)
NOTES: While not what I would call wide open, the fishing this week has been the best I have
seen all year. We can only hope it continues! We just went past the new moon on the 8th so the
Blue bite should start to pick up again, there are some really nice fish out there. This weeks
report was written to the music of “Eric Clapton and theYardbirds”on the 1998 compilation
released under the title “Rarities” by prestige Records Ltd.
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Aug 5, 2002; 10:55AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt George Landrum
“Fly Hooker” Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 29-AUGUST 5, 2002
WEATHER: We actually had an evening this week where my wife and I did not need the air
conditioning on in order to sleep! That was the middle of the week, the rest of the time the
weather has been normal; hot and humid. Our daytime highs have been in the mid to high 90’s
and the nights have remained around 80 degrees. No rainfall for us this week but the areas to the
north of us, both Todo Santos and San Jose, received rain. Most of the week it was partly cloudy
with light afternoon breezes. (Strategem)
WATER: Surface conditions on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez were excellent this week,
!-3 feet with just a very light breeze. The surface temperatures were in the mid 80’s almost
everywhere until Thursday night when we had a current change. Overnight the water within 20
miles of the Cape dropped 8-10 degrees. Right now the water close to Cabo is showing 74
degrees and you must get to the 95 spot or Gorda Banks in order to find the 82-84 degree water
we were seeing early in the week. (Kensington Line)
BAIT: Mackerel and Caballito with the occasional Mullet are available for the normal $2 per
bait. No word on the Sardinas. (Poor Miss)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin and Sailfish are all here and almost every trip out is
successful in hooking up to at least one. Many of the boats were releasing multiple fish each day
and often the anglers tired out before they ran out of fish! Good news! Most of the Striped
Marlin were between 90 and 130 pounds, the Blues around 300 pounds and the Sailfish around 90
pounds. Early in the week they were just 5 miles out and now they are a bit further, around 20
miles. Perhaps due to the waning quarter moon, the bite was a pretty even mix on both lures and
live bait, with most of the Blue Marlin taken on lures. Bright colors for the Striped Marlin, dark
colors for the Blues. (Greyhound)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We are finally getting some good news here! The Dolphin are starting to
show up and there are tuna with them. Most of the fish are footballs or just a little bigger, but I
have confirmed that a number of fish over 200 pounds were taken this week. Imagine coming up
on a pod of Dolphin feeding, being the first one there. On the first pass all the lines go off, one
after another, the rigger clips releasing like rifle shots. Every fish over 200 pounds but only one
makes it to the boat after 2 hours of fighting time. That has happened a few times this week!
Most of the fish have been caught on feathers and cedar plugs run very close to the boat, back on
just the 3rd and 4th wakes. The larger fish were found southeast at around 30-40 miles.
(Neckbreaker)
DORADO: Some nice fish were taken this week, many of them over 50 pounds. The bite was
not wide open by any means, you had to work hard for the fish. When you did find them though
your chances of hooking up multiples were very good. A few boats found small floating objects
that held Dorado and they were able to come in with limits. Most other boats were god to go
with a Dorado or two for a day of fishing, along with the mix of Tuna and Marlin. Most Dorado
were found either south or to the east, not many were found on the Pacific side this week.
(Magdelina)
WAHOO: Again, no steady bite on the Wahoo, but I have seen a few flags being flown and have
heard that the fish being caught are nice ones with most of them around 50 pounds. Lures run for
Marlin have been getting hit and mostly ones in darker colors. A few of the boats have been
pulling at least one flat line dedicated to Wahoo, running either a Marauder or a very heavy jet
head close to the boat. (Candle 99)
INSHORE: Most of the action occurred within five miles of the beach so it was not uncommon to
see Pangas hooked up to Marlin this week. Closer in, Dorado and Skipjack Tuna were the
targets, with an occasional run of luck with Roosterfish. Some of the Roosters were big, in the
50-60 pound class! Most of the Panga fishing was done on the Pacific side with concentrations of
boats working the lighthouse ledge. (In The Morning)
NOTES: We finally have the fishing getting good! Those of you who have trips planned soon
can look forward to some good fishing when you arrive, as long as conditions remain the same!
This weeks report written to the music of “Big Head Todd & The Monsters” on their 1986 Giant
Records release “Strategem”. Thanks to Steve Emory for the music suggestion and to my wife
for finding the CD!
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Jul 29, 2002; 12:40PM - Cabo Fishing Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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Capt. George Landrum
Fly Hooker Sportfishing
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CABO SAN LUCAS FISH REPORT FOR JULY 22-28, 2002
WEATHER: It’s summertime in Cabo. That means that it is hot and sometimes very humid.
This past week we had the humidity! The passing of hurricane Elida brought us cloud cover that
trapped the moisture, and when you were outside (at least on land), the least exertion brought on
a sheen. As an idea of the humidity, we actually had some rain (sprinkles really!) on Wednesday.
Since then the cloud cover has moved off and we have returned to 35-40% humidity instead of
the 80% we had earlier. Daytime the thermometer has read 88-90 degrees by 9:30 in the
morning, at mid-afternoon has read 96-98 and at night has dropped down to 80. (Rock and Roll
Nights)
WATER: We have been waiting for the warm water to show up and now it has finally arrived.
The coldest water we have had around this week has been 76 degrees and our warm spots have
been as high as 85. The cooler water has been on the Pacific side and the area between the 95
spot and the 1150 spot on the Cortez side has held warm water all week. Mid week we had a
band of warm water extending from the shore to a distance of 15 miles out and it ran from east to
west across the Cape, extending out into the Pacific well past the Jaime banks. The approach and
passing of Hurricane (now tropical storm) Elida brought us some large swells. They began from
the southeast and are now coming in from the southwest. The size ranges from 4-6 feet offshore
but they are storm swells, not packed close together and actually make for a very good ride. They
have caused large surf on the beach though, making it hard to do any surfcasting on the Pacific
side but the surfers are loving it! (Let It Ride)
BAIT: This week there have been both Caballito and Mackerel available at the usual $2 per bait.
I have not heard of any Sardinas being available. (Hey You)
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The warm water has definitely brought in the Blue Marlin. Almost every trip has
resulted is strikes from these powerhouse billfish and they are not a long run away! Less than five
miles out before lines in and then keep your fingers crossed. The sizes I have seen and had
reported to me have been fish from 200 to 700 pounds. Unfortunately we are still seeing a lot of
these nice fish being brought back to the dock dead. I saw one on the back of a boat yesterday
that was maybe 250 pounds that the crew said they kept because it came to the boat dead.
Excuse me, do I look stupid? I don’t think a flying gaff into the middle of the fish is needed on a
dead Marlin, and I don’t think a dead Marlin would thrash so much that it rips the gaff hole open
so the fish is almost gutted, sigh. Regardless, the Blues are out there and all it takes is patience,
persistence and sharp hooks with good drags. There have been a lot of Striped Marlin caught as
well. For some reason we are seeing a lot of small Stripers right now, most of them less than 100
pounds. Also there have been quite a few Sailfish found, and they are normally a sign that the
Dorado are here! Best lures for the Blues have been either purple/black swimmers or pink/white
straight runners. Best for the Striped Marlin have been bleeding mackerel. Live baits for the
Striped Marlin have been responsible for about 70% of the hookups. Most of the fish have been
found either south or south-east of Cabo, from 5 to 20 miles out. (You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet)
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I really hate to say this, but there have been few Yellowfin caught this past
week. The ones that were found were smaller fish close to shore or medium fish associated with
one of the two Dolphin pods that passed through. Sure hope they show up again! The
government here doesn’t care if we can find Yellowfin or not. According to officials, the
Yellowfin Tuna are not considered a sport fish, that is why they allow the Purse Seiners to work
the banks. Wow, we must be missing something here! (Can We All Come Together)
DORADO: Some good size fish are showing up in the catches! It looks like we have finally
started to get some of the fish that were staying up north! The Cortez side is kicking out fish up
to 70 pounds, with most of them in the 25-40 pound range. Last week (before this report) there
were only a few boats getting Dorado, this week almost every boat that went out came in with
flags, and the pace has picked up every day. Marlin lures have gotten most of the bigger fish,
with live baits dropped back behind the first fish accounting for a lot of the doubles that have been
landed. Best areas, same as those accounting for the Marlin! Must be the reason so many boats
have been coming in flying both Marlin and Dorado flags! (Roll On Down The Highway)
WAHOO: I have seen a few Wahoo flags this week but the guys I have talked to all say that these
have been incidental fish caught out in the open, not around and bottom structure or floating
debris. These must be fish that are moving through, so it is a matter of luck rather than focus.
They have been caught on the Marlin lures and more have gotten away than have been caught.
(Seems to happen when you have a Wahoo on mono leader!) (Freeways)
INSHORE: Slow inshore fishing due to the swells brought to us by Hurricane Elida. These
swells have stirred up the sand inshore and discolored the water out to about 100 feet. The
Pangas that have been working inshore have mostly been focusing on Snapper and Grouper, but
few of them are doing that. With the Pelagics so close, less than 10 miles out, the Pangas have
been taking anglers willing to go out there in a small boat offshore for Marlin and Dorado.
(Lookin’ Out for No. 1)
NOTES: Improved fishing! It just keeps getting better every week! This is what we have been
waiting for all year, thank goodness it is finally happening. Most of the boats here have had a
slow week, the fishing was slow the last few months and that resulted in fewer bookings. With
the improvement in the catch, and the fact that there are BIG fish out there, everyone is looking at
a busy summer from now on. The only thing that we are holding our breath on is the arrival of
the big Yellowfin Tuna. For those of you that have already made your plans to come on down in
the next few weeks, it looks like your timing is good! Keep checking in every week for an
updated report, and if it busts wide open, I will post a special report the next day. For those of
you on my special contact list, I’ll give you a call for your short notice trip. This weeks music
was listened to specially for my friends Chris and Bosun Golden. Bachman-Turner Overdrive on
their 1986 Polygram “BTO’s Greatest” CD.
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Jul 28, 2002; 09:12PM - Giant Squid off Southern California Coast
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: just me
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The giant squid have been biting for more than a week now and I have just now gotten out to fish them this year. We left Newport Dunes ( probably the worst launch ramp anywhere in California that is maintained daily)
Off we went to the mouth of the harbor about a 40 minute ride from the dunes and once there saw a small floating city of lights about 5 miles out.
Once there dropped in the Brinkmann Underwater fishing light and instant bendo with the luminous squid jigs. After about 15 of the giants and a bunch of water to the face and chest my buddy decided he had had enough. I am hearing now they have dried up off Newport a bit but are thick at the mouth of Dana Point Harbor.
Good luck if you get out tight lines always.......Steve
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Jul 28, 2002; 09:07PM - Big Bear Lake Trout fishing
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Category: California Southern
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Author Name: just me
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We wanted to do some testing on some of my new Yozuri lures the emperor minnows and the TJ spoons so off to Big Bear for the three of us.
We had intended to get out the day we arrived but unfortunately things did not work out that way for us. We got to the lake around 5 pm Thursday July 18th 2002. We decided to fish the north side of the lake towards the dam from shore once we got there as we were new to this lake and uncertain of where the fish were hold up at this lake. The entire shoreline of the lake is overgrown with weeds out about 50 feet from shore and tangles were expected with each cast of the tj spoons. Unfortunately I grew tired of this quickly and decided to watch my buddies fish instead.
Nothing that afternoon for us at all except for the delight of sighting a beaver on shore just before sunset. I have never seen a beaver in the wild before and was certainly shocked to see one at Big Bear Lake in California!
Next morning off we went to the lake to launch the inflatable and 3 horse power motor. We trolled to the eastern end of the lake first and then up we went towards the dam. I caught the first trout with the emperor minnow in Rainbow trout pattern. Next I snagged about a 10 lb carp another first for me fishing Big Bear Lake. On west we went but no more fish for me my buddy had the hot stick that day with the same lure as I had but magic line or something as he caught 3 rainbows to about 2 1/2 lbs while me and Parker just watched.
I liked fishing Big Bear and will not doubt return to the lake again once the water level returns to a more normal level. Many of the lakefront homes had plenty of real estate between the home and the water. Many of the docks have been extended to reach the homes they are attached to.
Good luck if you go try to do a little better homework on where they are biting than we did sudden fishing trips are fun but usually less productive than one which has been planned.........Tight lines
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